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In black and white: W.C. Piguenit's monochrome paintings and the imaging of the Tasmanian wilderness in the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia
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Holmes, JH, In black and white: W.C. Piguenit's mono chrome paintings and the imaging of the Tasmanian wilderness in the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Kanunnah, 3, (June-July) pp. 1-12. ISSN 1832-536X (2008) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Holmes, Jonathan 2008. In black and white: W.C. Piguenit’s mono
chrome paintings and the imaging of the Tasmanian wilderness in
the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. Kanunnah 3: 1–12. ISSN1832536X.
William Charles Piguenit (1836–1914) created a number of monochrome
paintings of the wilderness areas in Tasmania during the late 1880s.
They are an isolated group of paintings in this medium in Piguenit’s
oeuvre and this paper argues that many were commissioned for
engravings reproduced in the Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (1886–1888).
It is suggested that the paintings were produced in black and white
for transfer to photosensitised woodblocks. It is further argued that
this approach enabled engravers to more faithfully represent the tonal
values of the originals. Until now these paintings were thought to have
been created in 1891, but it seems likely that most of the monochrome
paintings by Piguenit in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery were
painted sometime in 1887.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Piguenit, nineteenth century Australian painting, landscape painting, Tasmanian art, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, nineteenth century illustration, Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Royal Society of Tasmania |
Research Division: | Creative Arts and Writing |
Research Group: | Art history, theory and criticism |
Research Field: | Art history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Arts |
Objective Field: | The creative arts |
UTAS Author: | Holmes, JH (Professor Jonathan Holmes) |
ID Code: | 55582 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Deposited By: | Art (Hobart) |
Deposited On: | 2009-03-11 |
Last Modified: | 2014-11-28 |
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